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Sterling - William of Avesnes
| Issuer | Cambrai, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1285-1295 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned bust of Bishop William of Avesnes rendered in low relief in the hammered style typical of late 13th-century episcopal sterlings. The bishop's face is depicted frontally with stylised hair or mitre flanking either side, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A circular legend in uncial Latin characters runs between the inner beaded circle and the coin's irregular outer edge, reading + GVILLS: EPISCOPVS, identifying the issuing prelate. The overall style closely follows the English short-cross sterling prototype adapted for ecclesiastical Flemish coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | + GVILLS: EPISCOPVS (Translation: William, bishop...) |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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